The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has frowned on domestic violence against women in Nigerian society.
During an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Morning Brief’
on Wednesday, Sanusi said it is wrong for a man to beat a woman because his
culture says so.
The monarch said men take advantage of their power to
oppress, noting that women are also humans entitled to protection, regardless
of their nature.
His words, “Violence happens in all societies. It’s not
about an African culture. It’s about power relations where you have men having
power and women are not protected, men will take advantage of that power and
oppress them.
“And in our society, the weak and the vulnerable are
victims. You have women who are victims of violence. You have young children,
you have the poor, you have the disabled. Okay, they’re all victims. If you go
to hospital, you find crippled women, blind women, who are victims. You have
pediatric sexual abuse.
“So we need to first of all say that as a country, we have
citizens and human beings, and they have rights. Those rights are inviolable.
You cannot violate them in the name of a culture.
“You cannot beat a woman because your culture says you can
beat her. She’s a Nigerian citizen entitled to protection. It doesn’t matter
what you think because these are the values that we live by in this time.”
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